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Providers are scrambling to top each other in the wildly evolving software-defined WAN (wide-area network) space, because so much innovation has emanated from the sector.
NEWS ANALYSIS: The ITU has just approved Amazon’s plans for a network of 3,200 internet satellites, while the FCC has approved constellations of nearly 12,000 for SpaceX and 650 for OneWeb resulting in global coverage.
NEWS ANALYSIS: Aruba held its Atmosphere user event last week in Las Vegas. Top themes at the event included WiFi, IoT, cloud, security and SD-WAN for SD-Branch.
The vendor’s strategy is part of a larger industry trend to expand SD-WAN beyond the WAN to encompass other areas, such as the LAN and the branch.
eWEEK DATA POINTS: Bolstered by artificial intelligence, the network is becoming automated and intelligent—self-healing, and self-driving—freeing organizations to let go of drudge work and concentrate on creating greater competitive advantage and focusing on the customer experience.
NEWS ANALYSIS: 5G service in Chicago and Minneapolis is limited, phone availability is limited, but it works and it’s very fast.
Company officials rolled out ClearPass Device Insight and new access points to let organizations more easily manage the myriad devices connecting to their networks.
Intel Capital has added 14 tech startups to its portfolio of investments in areas such as health care, communications and manufacturing. The record $117 million in funding was announced at Intel’s annual investor conference.
PRODUCT ANALYSIS: With SD-WANs no longer enough for most modern businesses, Aruba’s SD-Branch solution extends the value proposition being delivered by them to encompass the entire branch environment.
NEWS ANALYSIS: The challenge for network managers is how to ensure the quality of network-based applications, particularly latency and jitter-sensitive ones—such as voice and video--remains high. InfoVista has some ideas on how to do that.
NEWS ANALYSIS: Senior White House staff members are only the latest folks to confuse encrypted communications with something that’s safe.
NEWS ANALYSIS: This combined company can have a big impact on enterprise IT. F5-NGINX now owns the end-to-end application experience from the app server to the data center.
Enterprise Tech Videos
Net Neutrality Ends Up Back in Court
DAILY VIDEO: Net neutrality has its day in court, and Azure API Management gets preview support for OpenAPI Specification v3.
Intel Processors, Storage Set New Dell Servers Apart
Dell’s latest Intel-based PowerEdge servers bring new levels of operational efficiency and flexibility while extending industry-leading reliability and uptime.
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